Each week a quote is shared for your consideration. Some quotes might offer comfort, hope, a challenge, a chuckle, or inspiration. You may or may not agree with the quote, but it is offered simply to help you reflect and ponder.
When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.
- Ellen Key
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
This week’s recommended Health and Wellness Activity
The MFP/ANA Mobile App has arrived! (opens new window)
(opens new window)Health and Wellness Articles
Health care workers push for their own mental health treatment (opens new window)
Biohacking: What Is It And How Does It Work? (opens new window)
8 Tips for Exercising When You’re Not in the Mood to Work Out (opens new window)
MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND NURSING ARTICLES
Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests.The CDC called its study, published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly, the largest to look at how Americans took the drugs that killed them. Read more (opens new window)
The transformative potential of citizen science for mental health (opens new window)
Citizen science is an approach to knowledge production through public engagement in scientific research activities, whereby citizens actively contribute to science either with their intellectual effort, surrounding knowledge, or their tools and resources. Read more (opens new window)
Racial and ethnic minorities, including members of Indigenous communities, are disproportionally burdened by mental illness in the United States. American Indians and Alaskan Natives are 2.5 times more likely to report experiencing serious psychological distress and experience more major depressive episodes in 1 year than the general population. Read more (opens new window)
Psilocybin-Related Calls to U.S. Poison Centers Rise Among Youths (opens new window)
Calls to poison centers about psilocybin among adolescents and young adults shot up after U.S. states and cities began decriminalizing the compound, according to an analysis of data from the U.S. National Poison Data System (NPDS). Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
MFP Alumna Dr. Phyllis Raynor, chair of the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) 46th Annual IntNSA Educational Conference, leading the initial session of the conference.
For more information about the conference, visit https://intnsa.org/conference/ (opens new window).
Learn more (opens new window) about Dr. Phyllis Raynor at https://emfp.org/mfp-fellows/phyllis-raynor.
Project ECHO® on Racism in Nursing is being conducted as part of the ongoing work of the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing, a multi-organizational collaborative of leading nursing organizations to examine the issue of racism within nursing nationwide and the impact on nurses, patients, communities, and healthcare systems to motivate all nurses to confront systemic racism.
Join us as we explore the root causes of health inequities and discuss the concepts and strategies for taking action toward health equity in everyday practice. 1.5 CNE is available for each session of the series.
Sessions are scheduled for the following Wednesdays
March 6 | 3-4:30pm ET
March 20 | 3-4:30pm ET
April 3. | 3-4:30pm ET
April 17 | 3-4:30pm ET
May 1 | 3-4:30pm ET
May 15 | 3-4:30pm ET
May 29 | 3-4:30pm ET
June 12 | 3-4:30pm ET
The Launch of ICN‘s Guidelines on Mental Health Nursing
SAVE THE DATE: 6 March, 14:00-15:15 CET (local time)
Minority Fellowship Program at the American Nurses Association alumna, Dr. Teresa Combs, describes how Machiavellian personality traits in child/adolescent bullies persist into adulthood creating leaders who will stop at nothing to get what they want.
Listen to the entire episode to learn more about bullying, the particular dynamics for children and adolescents from racial and ethnic minorities, and the role that behavioral health professionals including nurses can play in addressing the mental health impact of bullying.
You can find the complete episode at: https://youtu.be/TrjQdgRz8l8 (opens new window) or Click Here (opens new window)
Learn more (opens new window) about Dr. Teresa Combs
Earn FREE Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Credits when you listen to the entire episode and complete a short survey. Details are in the episode description.
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